Having faith in
Heavenly Father,
includes having faith
in His timing
Friday, January 20, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Comings and goings...
It's been a long time, again! Life is so insanely crazy at times, and then on the off chance I have an evening without anything to do, I sit here going "What's up with me? I should be doing something!"
The holidays have come and gone, they went by quickly.
The mid-singles combined choir did an amazing Christmas fireside! I am so grateful to be a part of it! A friend of mine ran it, and he did an amazing job! I had no idea how big it was going to be, having it be the first one I've been a part of; but it was huge. There are so many amazingly talented people out there. The Spirit was so strong through all of the songs and the talks, it just worked out perfectly. I got to decorate the stage, and that was really fun! People were amazing at loaning me their trees, garlands and white lights. I even got a tree out of someone's (Vickie :)) front room. It was a great experience!
I've been working out really hard since September 1st. It's been a huge challenge! The first week I thought I was going to die, LITERALLY!It was the worst experience, EVER! My thoughts at the end of that week, were that if I felt anything like that on Monday, I'd be done; however, the second week got better, and I've stuck to it! I have 10 1/2 weeks left that's paid for with my trainer, and hopefully, at the end of that, I'll be able to do it on my own and maintain. The hardest part was changing from how I ate, which wasn't very much, but the wrong kinds of foods, to eating wheat and vegetables. I've always hated vegetables, other than zucchini. I'm still not a big fan, but I now eat more than zucchini- broccoli and mushrooms have become favorites!
At a fireside in October, I was sitting there, by myself, listening to the program, and had this impression that I was going to be "called" to lead this mid-singles group. I, immediately, was like, NO WAY! I so didn't want to. I feel unqualified to do it. However, it wasn't very many weeks until I was asked to lead them. I officially began leading it two weeks ago, and still feel inadequate. I'm amazed at how the way my mind has changed from being a participant, to having people's names pop into my head, and need to know how they're doing or what I can do to help them. I'm pretty reserved, so it's getting me out of my comfort zone. Sometimes, I let myself fall back into that area. Like last night, I was totally fine, and then all of a sudden I had this overwhelming feeling of not fitting into this. "Not fitting in," as in the sense of how an 8th grade girl feels, isn't what I mean. I'd rather stick out in the crowd than be like everyone else. It was just a weird experience, but that feeling doesn't happen as much as it used to, so hopefully, it won't happen anymore.
Young Women's is keeping me busy, with ward conferences, New Beginnings and an upcoming Especially by Youth (instead of EFY). We have some amazing kids that are going to teach workshops, hence the "by."
I just HAVE to say life is good and great things are happening!
The holidays have come and gone, they went by quickly.
The mid-singles combined choir did an amazing Christmas fireside! I am so grateful to be a part of it! A friend of mine ran it, and he did an amazing job! I had no idea how big it was going to be, having it be the first one I've been a part of; but it was huge. There are so many amazingly talented people out there. The Spirit was so strong through all of the songs and the talks, it just worked out perfectly. I got to decorate the stage, and that was really fun! People were amazing at loaning me their trees, garlands and white lights. I even got a tree out of someone's (Vickie :)) front room. It was a great experience!
I've been working out really hard since September 1st. It's been a huge challenge! The first week I thought I was going to die, LITERALLY!It was the worst experience, EVER! My thoughts at the end of that week, were that if I felt anything like that on Monday, I'd be done; however, the second week got better, and I've stuck to it! I have 10 1/2 weeks left that's paid for with my trainer, and hopefully, at the end of that, I'll be able to do it on my own and maintain. The hardest part was changing from how I ate, which wasn't very much, but the wrong kinds of foods, to eating wheat and vegetables. I've always hated vegetables, other than zucchini. I'm still not a big fan, but I now eat more than zucchini- broccoli and mushrooms have become favorites!
At a fireside in October, I was sitting there, by myself, listening to the program, and had this impression that I was going to be "called" to lead this mid-singles group. I, immediately, was like, NO WAY! I so didn't want to. I feel unqualified to do it. However, it wasn't very many weeks until I was asked to lead them. I officially began leading it two weeks ago, and still feel inadequate. I'm amazed at how the way my mind has changed from being a participant, to having people's names pop into my head, and need to know how they're doing or what I can do to help them. I'm pretty reserved, so it's getting me out of my comfort zone. Sometimes, I let myself fall back into that area. Like last night, I was totally fine, and then all of a sudden I had this overwhelming feeling of not fitting into this. "Not fitting in," as in the sense of how an 8th grade girl feels, isn't what I mean. I'd rather stick out in the crowd than be like everyone else. It was just a weird experience, but that feeling doesn't happen as much as it used to, so hopefully, it won't happen anymore.
Young Women's is keeping me busy, with ward conferences, New Beginnings and an upcoming Especially by Youth (instead of EFY). We have some amazing kids that are going to teach workshops, hence the "by."
I just HAVE to say life is good and great things are happening!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
What a week!
This week has been fun, crazy, overwhelming, and super busy! On Monday, I made cake pops for FHE. It was my first time, and baking them is way easy! Decorating them is a different story! You have to freeze them for a few minutes, then stick the stick into them with frosting or chocolate, and freeze them again. Then, you frost them with whatever you're using, and decorate them with Oreos, sprinkles, I toasted coconut; and then freeze, again. It took five hours! They turned out really well, and they're yummy! FHE was super fun, and that chalks up monday to being a really good day.
Then, Tuesday came. I had a presentation at 1:30, I had just put the finishing touches on my stuff, and went to print them, and my computer made this horrific sound, and the screen was flickering gray and white. It was 12:30, and I ran it over to PC Laptops, where they found it was a fried motherboard. I had a breakdown! Crying, and all! Totally bawling my eyes out. Needless to say, I have a new laptop, and they gave me the "please stop crying" discount :) That took all day, and then we had an Evening of Excellence.
Wednesday was insanely crazy with getting other things situated for my rescheduled appointment, and a presentation I had to do on Thursday. Then, we had another Evening of Excellence, and then I went to institute and choir. I didn't stick around to visit at choir, because I had to put a slide show together for our leadership meeting, the next night. With this new computer, I don't have many of the programs, I had on the other computer. I didn't know what I was doing, or how I was going to do it. It ended up coming together perfectly, and it was the perfect amount of time for the song I had picked out.
Thursday, I made it to the gym, finished my preparations for my presentation, and presented it. I presented what I can do in home staging to a brokerage firm. I got lost on my way there, and it was just in west Layton. I was so dying, and then, they didn't tell me which suite they were in, just that it was on the second floor, so needless to say, I was late. I think it went well, he said I'd hear in 2-3 weeks. Hopefully, this will raise some business. Then, I did everything I could to prepare for our leadership meeting that was that night. Then, I went to a choir practice for 23 minutes before I had to be at our leadership meeting. I'm so glad I was able to get everything done, and be everywhere I wanted to be.
On top of all of this craziness, I had piano, too. It was just constant business! Friday, I did my presentation, and I think it went well. I got to talk to two of my bestfriends in the whole world, which was great after all that went on!
I've discovered things about myself this week, like when I get nervous or feel a little uncomfortable in situations, I use my phone as a coping mechanism. It's like a distraction from my nervousness, which, probably appears rude, or that I'm not interested in whatever the task at hand is, so, I'm going to not take it with me, to see if I can face my fears :)
Then, Tuesday came. I had a presentation at 1:30, I had just put the finishing touches on my stuff, and went to print them, and my computer made this horrific sound, and the screen was flickering gray and white. It was 12:30, and I ran it over to PC Laptops, where they found it was a fried motherboard. I had a breakdown! Crying, and all! Totally bawling my eyes out. Needless to say, I have a new laptop, and they gave me the "please stop crying" discount :) That took all day, and then we had an Evening of Excellence.
Wednesday was insanely crazy with getting other things situated for my rescheduled appointment, and a presentation I had to do on Thursday. Then, we had another Evening of Excellence, and then I went to institute and choir. I didn't stick around to visit at choir, because I had to put a slide show together for our leadership meeting, the next night. With this new computer, I don't have many of the programs, I had on the other computer. I didn't know what I was doing, or how I was going to do it. It ended up coming together perfectly, and it was the perfect amount of time for the song I had picked out.
Thursday, I made it to the gym, finished my preparations for my presentation, and presented it. I presented what I can do in home staging to a brokerage firm. I got lost on my way there, and it was just in west Layton. I was so dying, and then, they didn't tell me which suite they were in, just that it was on the second floor, so needless to say, I was late. I think it went well, he said I'd hear in 2-3 weeks. Hopefully, this will raise some business. Then, I did everything I could to prepare for our leadership meeting that was that night. Then, I went to a choir practice for 23 minutes before I had to be at our leadership meeting. I'm so glad I was able to get everything done, and be everywhere I wanted to be.
On top of all of this craziness, I had piano, too. It was just constant business! Friday, I did my presentation, and I think it went well. I got to talk to two of my bestfriends in the whole world, which was great after all that went on!
I've discovered things about myself this week, like when I get nervous or feel a little uncomfortable in situations, I use my phone as a coping mechanism. It's like a distraction from my nervousness, which, probably appears rude, or that I'm not interested in whatever the task at hand is, so, I'm going to not take it with me, to see if I can face my fears :)
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